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Bipolaris euphorbiae (anamorphic Ascomycota: Pleosporaceae) has been studied since the early 1980s as a potential biocontrol agent of wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla), a noxious invader of soybean fields in Brazil. A new isolate (KLN05) was arbitrarily selected after the aggressiveness of six isolates of the fungus obtained from different sites was evaluated on wild poinsettias grown from seeds obtained from six different geographic origins in Brazil: Viçosa-state of Minas Gerais; Itabuna-state of Bahia; Niterói-state of Rio de Janeiro; Nova Laranjeira, Londrina and Foz do Iguaçú-state of Paraná. Bipolaris euphorbiae grew between 10 and 30 °C, with the optimum for colony growth at 25 °C. The best temperature range for conidial germination was between 20 and 30 °C. Conidial germination was not inhibited by mixing conidia with imazethapyr (106 g of active ingredient [a.i.]/l), glyphosate (720 g of a.i./kg), fomesafen (250 g of a.i./l), carfentrazone (400 g of a.i./l), atrazine (500 g of a.i./l) and glyphosate+carfentrazone (720 g of a.i/kg+400 g of a.i/l). Bipolaris euphorbiae was inoculated on plants belonging to 32 species of 12 different plant families and was only capable of infecting E. heterophylla.
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De Nechet, K.L., Barreto, R.W. & Mizubuti, E.S.G. Bipolaris euphorbiae as a Biological Control Agent for Wild Poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla): Host-Specificity and Variability in Pathogen and Host Populations. Biocontrol 51, 259–275 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-005-1519-z
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